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Pre-Production Costs Related to Long-Term Supply Agreements (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 27, 2014
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Classification of Recoverable Customer Engineering, Development and Tooling Costs Related to Long-term Supply Agreements | The classification of recoverable customer E&D and tooling costs related to long-term supply agreements is shown below (in millions):
| September 27, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013
Current | $ | 138.2 |  |  | $ | 134.2 |
Long-term | 47.9 |  |  | 52.9 |
Recoverable customer E&D and tooling | $ | 186.1 |  |  | $ | 187.1 |

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